To Explore Conductors in a Design
1. In an open design with conductors, click
Conductor Explorer. The
Conductor Explorer dialog box opens.
2. To view conductors by layer or by net, select a View by option.
3. Select one or more types of conductor or net in the list. Use the toolbar or the right-click shortcut menu to perform the following operations:
Operation | Toolbar Command | Shortcut Menu |
Hide conductors | |  Hide |
Show hidden conductors | |  Unhide |
Delete conductors | |  Delete |
Zoom in on conductors | |  Zoom |
4. To change the geometry representation, click the arrow or right-click Geometry Representation and select one of the following commands:
Operation | Toolbar Command | Shortcut Menu |
Convert to entities | |  Convert to Entities |
Convert to surfaces | |  Convert to Surfaces |
Convert to quilts | |  Convert to Quilts |
To view geometry representation conversion problems, click
to open the
Notifications area.
5. To change the color of conductors, select one or more types of conductor or net in the list, click the color button and select a new color.
Searching for Conductors
You can use the Conductor Explorer to find conductors.
|  At any step in the process, click  to clear all filters and search results. |
1. To search by net when the View by option is set to Nets, type the name of the net in the box and then press ENTER.
2. To search for conductors, click
. The
Search dialog box opens.
3. Set filter options. Use the
Simple Search to search by net name. Use the
Advanced Search to
add filtering criteria.
4. To update the results in the conductor tree in the Conductor Explorer, click Find now.
5. To start a new search, click New search.
7. Click Close in the Search dialog box.
8. To highlight the conductors in the graphics window, right-click a result in the conductor tree and select Highlight.
